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"Mr President, of course we can hold a long debate on the level of commitment appropriations and payment appropriations, and there will always be some people who are unhappy. This is also the case with national budgets; there are always some people who are unhappy, because funds for their particular priority have not been provided to the level they would have hoped. Yet let us not forget that we face a very difficult economic situation in the European Union, and extremely serious problems in the Member States in terms of finding extra money. As I see it, however, there are two very important messages which came out of this year’s budgetary procedure, and which I think are worth emphasising at this point and keeping in mind.
Firstly, this year’s budgetary procedure confirmed that we can still talk about and resolve very difficult issues in the European Union using only the Community method. This is a very important message. In order to reach an agreement, we followed exactly the procedure provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon. There was no need for any other extra-institutional measures. This is the kind of achievement we should be aiming for at the moment. We have set an example to the whole of the European Union, proving that the Community method still works.
The second very important message is that despite the criticism levelled at amending budget No 6 to this year’s budget, its adoption proves that the commitments undertaken by Parliament and the Council in the course of the budgetary procedure are respected. We can continue the discussion on whether to accept these 200 million or not. All those who participated in the conciliation procedure will remember that the discussion hinged on whether 200 million is, in fact, the amount needed or not, and whether at this time, while the decision is being taken, we can be sure that the budget needs exactly this specific amount and not some other amount, whether greater or smaller. That is what the discussion was about: not whether to provide the money, but how much money should be provided.
In my opinion, these are two very important messages to be taken from this budgetary procedure, and we should remember them. At present, we are succeeding in implementing the EU’s provisions, the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, and this is what we should focus on. Thank you very much."@en1
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